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[[>]] [[module Rate]] [[/>]] [[include :scp-wiki:theme:night-rush-theme]] Hello, I am DreadnoughtGalaxy. It appears that I have my own author page now! How weird O_o If you ever want to use any of my stuff (SCPs, characters, etcetera) in any way, feel free to do so. You don't need to ask permission from me. ---- [[[SCP-5507]]] - //This Slot is Already Occupied// - **[Esoteric]** [[collapsible show="+ Author Commentary" hide="- Author Commentary"]] [[module ListPages name="SCP-5507"]] [%%created_at%%] [**##green|+%%rating%%##**] [[/module]] [[div class="blockquote"]] My first SCP. If I remember correctly, I wrote this over the course of about a month, and posted it the day after I joined the site. It was, for all intents and purposes, probably the worst thing I could've gone for as a first SCP: An abstract high-concept 'pataphysics coldpost. Granted, 'pataphysics doesn't play a massive role in the article, but given that I use it as part of the CSS, I still think it counts. However, despite all the odds being against it, it survived! Though it wasn't easy. Over the course of the first few days, it dipped into the negatives, and after that it sat at a nice and round //**zero**// for the better part of two months. Things don't get more controversial than that! Around the time of DeptCon 2022, however, it started to find its audience. Slowly but surely, the rating crept upwards. Now, over three years later, and it's surpassed +60. I'm so proud of this stupid thing. I know most authors don't tend to be happy with their first articles, and I can definitely see that 5507 is flawed to hell and back, but I love it to bits regardless. This was one of the ideas I was most passionate about putting on the site, regardless of what rating it would land on, and rereading it all these years later, I can still feel that passion coming through the words. I'm also pleased with the range of interpretations there have been. People have suggested things I never even thought about during writing, such as it being a part of something poking in from another dimension, or being akin to SCP-3125. That diversity of interpretability is something that, in my mind, makes a great SCP. As for things I'd change... I think I dropped the ball on the last addendum. It was meant to be the place where I prodded the reader's imagination by hinting at some of the possible implications of the article's concepts, however I feel like it's rather underbaked in that respect. I've been thinking of doing a soft rewrite of the article for a while now, but for the foreseeable future, I think SCP-5507 is fine as is. Fun Facts: * The original name for O. Malloy was O. Meta. They were going to be my author avatar, back when I was planning to join the site under the name "2meta9me" (don't ask me why I thought that was a good name). The change was a last-minute thing after I realized "O. Meta" sounded rather ridiculous without the context of being an avatar. * In fact, the entire posting of the article was last minute! I was originally planning to put it to the greenlight process and get it approved the normal way, but then I went "you know what, I bet it's ready for the site as is!" Turns out, I was right. Whaddaya know. * Malloy's first name is Olivia. * Entos wasn't the original object class. I initially had it as "Boyal-pata", which was complete nonsense that had no linguistic meaning. Needless to say, I think the change was a good one. * I have no clue why I decided to use birchwood. [[/div]] [[/collapsible]] [[[SCP-6841]]] - //Fourth Eye// - **[N/A]** [[collapsible show="+ Author Commentary" hide="- Author Commentary"]] [[module ListPages name="SCP-6841"]] [%%created_at%%] [**##green|+%%rating%%##**] [[/module]] [[div class="blockquote"]] SCP-6841... this an experimental piece, far more so that 5507, and you can probably tell. I wanted to see if I could do shortform, and... I mean, it's still up, so I guess I can? The main inspiration for this was [[[SCP-4946]]]; a short but clever article that makes the reader have an "ah-ha!" moment. I had just the idea to go along with it, too, so the problem was execution. Looking back, I think the major flaw with 6841 was that it was too straightforward. It doesn't give the reader that "ah-ha!" moment like 4946 does because it doesn't leave any room for speculation. One of the major philosophies I went into writing this with was the idea of the "interest-length" ratio. I felt that long articles tend to require stronger or more thorough ideas, and conversely, shallow ideas can be excused if their articles were short and didn't take up the reader's time. A flawed idea, perhaps, but I think it did help me here. I am happy with how succinct I made this article. I don't think any word here is wasted — and believe me, that is something I find rather tough to do. I have a sizeable propensity to ramble. However, several people in the comments said that there just wasn't enough for them to latch on to. Fair enough, I completely understand. I do have a few expansion ideas bouncing around in my head, but they might take some time to be put to text. All in all, I think I'm okay with how this SCP turned out... but of the three I've published so far, this is the one that's most likely to either get rewritten or put up for rewrite. Fun facts: * This is probably obvious, but "Fourth Eye" is a riff on "having a third eye". * Most of this SCP was carefully written, pruned, and rewritten over the course of a month. The footnote was conceived of within the edit box on the main site, literal minutes before posting. Logically, the footnote is my favorite part. Sigh. * This was published on accident. I hit "Save" instead of "Preview". Oops! * This commentary is longer than the article its talking about. [[/div]] [[/collapsible]] [[[SCP-9992]]] - //When a Killer Falls Off the Face of the Earth...// - **[Neutralized]** [[collapsible show="+ Author Commentary" hide="- Author Commentary"]] [[module ListPages name="SCP-9992"]] [%%created_at%%] [**##green|+%%rating%%##**] [[/module]] [[div class="blockquote"]] **__//Here be spoilers!//__** My entry into the 9k contest, coldposted like my last two. Final ranking of 111th place. After missing the deadline for 7k and not being around for 8k, I'm glad I got to participate in at least one. So far, it's probably my best-received article (as in, it has the best upvote:downvote ratio). And hey, I managed to snag a slot in the last 10 articles of 001-9999! My past two SCPs were pretty meta/gimmicky in nature. This has no such thing. It's a straightforward story about a classic murder monster having its own horrors to face. I've tried before to make this idea work, but it wasn't until now that I finally succeeded. A combination of having a deadline to meet and a well-realized murder monster at the article's core. From the moment I started writing this, I had a set idea of what the layout and escalation was going to be. Containment procedures and description, incident timeline that slowly gets stranger, disappearance addendum, reappearance section, MTF confrontation, letter, finish. I find that having a structure beforehand greatly enhances my ability to write well. The part I was most worried about was the MTF transcript, since that was dialogue based and I'd never published dialogue to the wiki before. However, to my relief, it seems that people liked it! However, the part of the article people DIDN'T like (or at least, liked the least) was the letter. I have a propensity for explaining stuff, and while that may have worked in the case of SCP-5507, whose intricate concept demands it, a more mystery-based article like this was definitely hampered by it. It didn't help that the first version of the letter was written while I was rather tired and in a mindset of "okay, I just want to make sure I at least have something finished for the contest." As such, it wasn't really written with any specific goal; stuff like tone or characterizing the EMG Conglomerate were more so afterthoughts. After I got comments saying the letter really didn't work for them, I went back and tried to tune it up. The second (and current) version of the letter //was// written with a tone in mind: intimidating, but also semi-aggressive, and //really// wanting to make sure the Foundation didn't interfere. The aggression had its own purpose; if a bureaucratic institution had such anger and vindictiveness baked into its very structure, what did that say about the conditions of the RII workers? I think the new letter is a massive improvement, and overall I'm happy with the current state of the article. Speaking honestly, I think I'm equally proud of both SCP-5507 and SCP-9992. SCP-6841 has tons of untapped potential that I will explore in a rewrite. Fun Facts: * This is my first SCP to have images. * This is my first SCP to have a collapsible. * This is my first SCP to have a normal object class. * As can be seen from the timestamp, this was a buzzer-beater. That's not because I was working on it 'till the very end, but rather because I thought it'd be more exciting to post at the last possible second. Yeah, don't ask me. * E-123's designation is meant to be a reference to E-123 Omega from //Sonic the Hedgehog//. I wonder if they'd get along? * The reason the MTF confrontation takes place in Hallstatt is because I'd recently seen the John Wick spinoff //Ballerina//, where (spoilers) the second half takes place in Hallstatt. I saw that and I thought, //man, that would make a cool location for a chase scene//. And that's what I did! * This used to have hidden text just before the last paragraph. After I rewrote the letter, I decided to remove it, as I think it no longer added anything. Here it is: //Oh? So you've decided to oppose us? That's most disappointing, Foundation. Don't worry. A representative of ours will be meeting you shortly.// * E-123 WILL RETURN... probably. Hopefully. I'm working on it, I swear! [[/div]] [[/collapsible]] [[[SCP-8838]]] - //Love Under Lamplight// - **[Safe]** [[collapsible show="+ Author Commentary" hide="- Author Commentary"]] [[module ListPages name="SCP-8838"]] [%%created_at%%] [**##green|+%%rating%%##**] [[/module]] [[div class="blockquote"]] Coming soon... [[/div]] [[/collapsible]] @@ @@